8/07/2008 @ 4:00PM

In Depth: America's Most Loyal Baseball Fans

3. Atlanta Braves

Fan behavior isn’t completely linear, and it’s on the edges where the fastest growth occurs. It certainly helps that since 1991, the Braves have only had one season where they lost more games than they won. Finding a yardstick for poor performance is difficult. But the Braves fans have suffered more disappointment than anyone in baseball as the result of their repeated post-season pitfalls, and still the fans come to the park.